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----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Krzyzewski <tonyk@kaon.co.nz>
Subject: New Virus - Wobbler is a HOAX
> >From the Symantec Web Site.......
>
> Wobbler Hoax
> Category: Hoax
>
>
> The following two messages have been sent out by email. They are both
> versions of the same hoax. This "virus" does not exist.
>
> The hoax message includes one of the following "warnings":
>
> Dear All, For your reference, take necessary precautions. If you receive
an
> email with a file called California, do not open the file. The file
contains
> WOBBLER virus. WARNING This information was announced yesterday morning
from
> IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than
> "Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Some very sick
> individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton
> Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive.
It
> has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
> Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a
new,
> very malicious virus and not many people know about it.
>
> Second sample of hoax message "warning":
>
> VIRUS ALERT If you receive an email with a file called "California" do not
> open the file. The file contains the virus. This information was announced
> yesterday morning by IBM. The report says that "this is a very dangerous
> virus, much worse than "Melissa" and there is NO remedy for it at this
time.
> Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function
from
> Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard
> drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
> Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers.
This
> is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it at this
> time. Please pass this warning to everyone in your address book and share
it
> with all your online friends asap so that the destruction it can cause may
> be minimized.
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> EVERYONE PLEASE...
>
> Before passing on virus messages, do us all a favour and check with one of
> the major virus protection sites, www.symantec.com or www.mcafee.com to
> check that it's not a hoax.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
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